Total Crime Rate
104.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cromarty Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Edgware , and the 309th highest crime rate of 1,055 local areas in Barnet .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cromarty Road (HA8 8ET) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% higher than the Edgware average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromarty Road (HA8 8ET), the main crime hotspot is near Morley Crescent. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Edgwarebury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrens Shawe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moray Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moray Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glengall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hamonde Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rannoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bushfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beulah Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rannoch Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Springwood Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadfield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadfield | — |
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